– Albawaba News (Egyptian news site) cited statements aired on Radio Sawa from the former American ambassador to Syria Robert Ford regarding the future of Bashar Assad. Hezbollah and Iraqi Shiite fighters provided the Syrian government with badly needed manpower, Mr. Ford said.

– Donia Alwatan (Palestinian territories-based news site) cited report from Radio Sawa’s Yazbek Wahbeh that 25 people have been killed and 170 others injured in clashes between Sunni and Alewite fighters in Lebanon’s second city Tripoli. The fighters from both sides did not abide by the recently reached ceasefire agreement.

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